The Scotts Bluff County Board Monday evening approved a contract with software firm Emergency Reporting to provide the fire department component for a new software upgrade that will allow efficient st... Read More

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A Brazilian meatpacking company has sold its U.S.-based Five Rivers Cattle Feeding operation as part of a $1.8 billion divestment of assets.
JBS, the world's largest meatpacking company, was fined $3.2 billion after company... Read More

A large crowd of students, faculty and dignitaries were on hand Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony ahead of the start of construction on the Gering High School renovation project.
Board members especially thanked the community members who voted ... Read More

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Importers are buying U.S. corn at the fastest pace since the mid-1990s, according to U.S. government data, as tightening stocks in Latin America prompt a rush to purchase cargoes of the grain from animal feeders worldwide.
A deep... Read More

Notice is hereby given that the terms for four members of the Nebraska Dry Bean Commission will expire May 31, 2018. The members represent dry bean growers in Districts II, III and At-Large grower representative for Districts III and IV and an openin... Read More

Fullerton, Calif. - The Nebraska softball team picked up its 20th win of the season with a 1-0 victory over DePaul (17-11) on Sunday in its last of five games at the Easton Invitational.
Kaylan Jablonski got the win and improved to 13-5. She ... Read More

During fall harvest season, Rodney Adams, 64, and his son, who farms with him, worked around the clock to dig sugarbeets out of the ground before the freeze set in. If they were delayed, there wouldn’t be enough to feed the Western Sugar Cooperat... Read More

“Keep Life Simple” is the theme of the annual Women in Agriculture Conference, which will feature information and advice about simplicity and excellence, making meals with a multi-cooker, forage production, youth loans, farming with disabilities,... Read More

Lincoln, NE – March 19, 2018 – Three months without a jackpot winner has grown the Mega Millions jackpot to a record level. Because of the high jackpot, the Nebraska Lottery reminds customers to play responsibly.
The Mega Millions jackpot star... Read More

(Reuters) - A group of senators from U.S. corn states have asked President Donald Trump for a meeting about the nation’s biofuels law, amid expectations the administration will soon act to lower the regulation’s costs to the oil refining industry... Read More